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What Should My Cross Country Colors Be?

Important stuff to discuss today, guys: What colors should I choose for cross country?

This feels like a very important decision. From what I’ve seen, eventers get super into their colors and spend lots of time finding things to coordinate their outfits. Which sounds awesome. But first I have to settle on a color scheme that I like.

I have a few in mind after a good long brainstorm session with Chelsie via text message. She’s a combined driver, so she’s as obsessed with her marathon colors as eventers are with cross country colors. She’s even knitting her own fly bonnet in her colors of teal and lime green. #goals

My criteria:

Colors that I currently like and think I will continue to like long into the future. Thus, super trendy colors or ones that are hard to match are out (I’m looking at you, mint).

Colors that look good with Artie – photo below for reference.

Colors that will look good with many horses, since I don’t own Artie and will likely end up competing other horses in the next few years. Can’t go changing out colors every time, or I will have no more money for entry fees and lessons. And, like, food and bills and stuff. Ew.

Option 2: Purple & BlackPurple is my favorite color and who cares if I’m riding a gelding? He doesn’t know that purple is generally a girl-gendered color and anyway let’s fight the patriarchy, amirite? Because purple is awesome and these purple Majyk Equipe boots are everything.

Lime Green & BlackI love lime green and I think it would be a fun, bright color to run around in. When I ran it past some other girls at the barn, they said, “well, that would be bright.” Yes, it would. But so fun, right?

Black & GoldThis is pretty much the opposite of lime green. Very understated. We’d be like cross country ninjas out there. Also, must decide if wearing a black long sleeve shirt is something I’ll want to do in the summer. Signs point to no.

Love the burgundy! I used to do red/black on a really flashy bright bay I used to ride and it looked so good on him. When he got put down I decided those would forever only be “his” colors so I now use burgundy/baby blue and it matches pretty much everyone I put them on!

the purple is nice but what if you later ride a chestnut horse? The burgundy is also nice but again a chestnut could be difficult. However it depends on whether is it a “red head” chestnut or a liver chestnut. That’s enough from me!